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File #: 17-0176    Version:
Type: Gen. Bus. - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 8/15/2017 Final action:
Title: Approval of the Modernized and Updated Boards and Commissions Handbook and First Reading of Ordinance No. 17-0017 Revising the Number of Members on the Library Commission and Cultural Arts Commission (City Clerk Tamura, Parks and Recreation Director Leyman and Community Development Director McIntosh). APPROVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HANDBOOK AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 17-0017
Attachments: 1. Boards and Commissions Handbook, 2. Powerpoint Presentation, 3. Modernized and Updated Boards and Commissions Handbook (Red-Lined Strikethrough Version), 4. Ordinance No. 17-0017
Related files: ORD 17-0017
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
George Gabriel, Management Analyst

SUBJECT:Title
Approval of the Modernized and Updated Boards and Commissions Handbook and First Reading of Ordinance No. 17-0017 Revising the Number of Members on the Library Commission and Cultural Arts Commission (City Clerk Tamura, Parks and Recreation Director Leyman and Community Development Director McIntosh).
APPROVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HANDBOOK AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 17-0017
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that:

1. City Council approve the modernized and updated Boards and Commissions Handbook, and
2. Conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 17-0017 revising the number of members on the Library Commission and Cultural Arts Commission.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND:
The Handbook for Boards and Commission members is an administrative document which outlines the roles and responsibilities of Boardmembers and Commissioners and can be revised as City Council directs.

At the October 16, 2007 City Council meeting, the City Council approved the Boards and Commissions Handbook. Since that time a number of revisions have been proposed by department liaisons and Commissioners.

At the April 18, 2017 City Council meeting, staff presented a modernized and updated Boards and Commissions Handbook and work plan process. City Council approved the work plan process with recommended revisions to the Handbook (described below) and requested that the Handbook return to City Council for approval.

DISCUSSION:
The red-lined strikethrough version of the Boards and Commissions Handbook has a variety of revisions recommended by City C...

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